Tuesday Feb 17th, 2004

NEWS
Presidency Budgets N7bn to Resettle Nigerians | 2007: Soyinka Alerts of Trouble Ahead | Obasanjo Reassures on SGBN's Return | The Gambia Strikes Oil | Nigeria Open for Good Business, Says Obasanjo | UNIUYO VC Alleges Assassination Plot | NNPC Probe: JV Partners Besiege Senate | Kuta Wants AD, 27 Others De-registered | No Cracks in House Leadership - Lawmakers | CBN Seeks Bank Regulators, Auditors Co-operation | Obasanjo Wants Transparency Acted, Inaugurates Group | Minister Tasks NICON On Costs, Dividends | Parties Meet over Council Polls | Bail: Omisore to Wait Till March 2 | Nigeria, Turkey Trade Hits $200m | Fayose: Tribunal Adjourns Indefinitely | Niger PDP Vows to Retain New LGs | Obasanjo Advises Nigerian Exporters | Poll: Oyo Yet to Approve OSIEC's N420m Bill | THISDAY Dep Editor for US Programme | Revenue Sharing: 'Obasanjo's Demand Unrealistic' | 10 Vehicles Smashed as LASTMA, 'Area Boys' Clash | Lagos Assembly Okays Adewusi's Appointment | 'FG's 1000 Housing Units for Each State' | Ondo Approves N3.18bn for Communities | Poor Funding of Airwaves Disturbs Adebayo | Imam's Petition Adjourned Till, Feb 26 | Villagers Attacked | Rivers Election Tribunal Begins Taking Evidence | Promote Peace, Akume urges Christians | '64 Robbers Killed by Rivers Police in 2003' | Group Donates $3m Drugs to Plateau | Bayelsa LGs Caretaker Committees to Go | Osun Dissolves Councils Caretaker Committees | 'Olugbo of Ugbo Stool Vacant' | Lagos to Build Low Income Shops | Falana Calls for Violence-Free Polls | NBC Commences Five-Alive Production | Hospital 'Detains' Woman Over N11,000 Bill | Tinubu Creates Science and Technology Ministry |
ARTS & REVIEW
An Activist For A Multicultural Cause | The Harmattan Workshop |
BUSINESS
'Hastening Privatisation of NEPA'll Save Private Sector' | Nigeria, Algeria Seek Offshore Financing for $6b Gas Project | Shell Cuts 1.5 Billion Barrels Off Nigerian Oil Reserves | Cereal Production to Hit 6.3m Tonnes in 2004 | FAO Study Shows How to Prevent Obesity by Fighting Hunger | Rice Confab Seeks Global Effort to Boost Production | IFAD's Development Project to Benefit the Poor in Sudan | Global Fish Market Increases by $42 Billion in 24yrs | Indian Firms Arrive Nigeria for Trade Meet | SON Boss Commends Quality of Atlas Bicyles | Sales Tax: Consumers As Ultimate Victims | Cotecna Boss Says Destination Inspection'll Boost Manufacture | African, Latin American Energy Ministers to Cooperate | OPEC Cut May Hit Stockbuilding IEA | Natural Gas to Edge Out Crude, Say Analysts | OPEC Quota: 'Nigeria More Concerned With Oil Revenue' | Iraq to Earn $15bn from Oil in 2004 | Optimal Ventures Negotiates Business With Greenwind Power Corp | Gazprom Plans $865m Exploration Programme Off Northwest Russia |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Trade in Great Apes, other Endangered Wildlife Species | Obasanjo Declares Open Summit on Housing, Urban Devt | NCF Warns on Illegal Trade in Endangered Birds | Illegal Transport of Parrots Alleged |
POLITICS
Obasanjo Arm-twists Lawmakers Over 2004 Budget | Benue House Cautioned on N5b Budget Deficit | Lawmaker Backs Purchase of Presidential Jet | FG Urged to Translate Constitution into Local Languages | Osun Speaker Faults Ngige's Mandate | LG Poll: Ebonyi Electoral Commission to Recruit 6000 Adhoc Staff | Igbo Youth Make Case for Equality |
MARKET NEWS
NCR Nigeria Records N53.1m Profit | Bid News Enlivens European Stocks |
MONEY GUIDE
Shares: IMB Seeks Court Order's Reversal | Fidelity Bank Appoints Ihejiahi as MD |
COMMENT
The Right to Reform | Revisiting Our Naked Features |
EDITORIAL
Nigeria's Unpaid UN Dues |
LETTERS
Imperative of Fighting Corruption | Effective Policing | Condom Advert During Nations Cup | SOS to NEPA |
LAW
Making Justice More Just | 'Our Oil Wealth Has Been Grossly Mismanaged' | One James Onanefe Ibori Was Convicted | Maritime Cabotage in Nigeria | Can Elections Legally Hold in New LGs? | Between the Notary Public and Digital Signatures | 'Charities Need to be Regulated to Prevent Fraud, Abuse' | Arbitration as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Resolution Method |
CITY DIARY
Cleric Tasks Wealthy Edo Community Children on Devt | Man to Die by Hanging for Murder | LASIEC Secretary Becomes Methodist«s Lay President | Church Moves to Halt HIV-AIDS Spread |
FEATURES
Reinventing the Youth for Nation Building |
SPORTS
Obasanjo Meets Okocha, Kanu Privately | Nigerians Contest for African Positions | Invited Foreign Based Players arrive Camp Today | OSMI Commended On 2004 Nations Cup | Cameroonians Tip Okocha For African Title | Mercedes Donates N50million to FASU | Can Football Clean its Act? | African World Cup Race is on | British Council Launches CATS in Kano | Glazer Keeps Man Utd Options Open | English FA Cup Q/Final Draw | Arsenal Face Away Trip | Wenger Hails Brave Reyes | Leeds Defend Viduka Omission | After Tunisia, What Next? | Enyimba Midfielder Joins Esperance | Roddick Takes Siebel Title |
EXTRA
Anambra: Settle This Matter Once And For All |
REPLY
Our Leaders Sure Need The Sermon |